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OFFICIAL NOIR FEST SCHEDULE

DAY 1: Radical Self-Love (Sat, Dec 5th) *All times listed in EST

  • 11:30-11:45am: Global Black Meditation — Dora Kamau
  • 12:00-12:15pm: Invocation — Hanifa Nayo Washington
  • 12:15-12:50pm: Community Welcome (10 mins) — Lolade Siyonbola, NOIR Labs Founder
  • 1:00-2:00pm: Keynote: Sonya Renee Taylor  on Alchemy, Radical Self-Love & Blackness as Technology
  • 2:00-2:45pm: Community Dialogue
  • 2:45-3:00pm: What’s Up Next 
  • 3:00-3:15pm: Music 

DAY 2: Raise Your Voice (Sun, Dec 6th)

  • 11:30-11:45am: Global Black Meditation 
  • 12:00-1:15pm: Healing Movement Community Yoga w Essence of Movement Studio — Yvette Willis-Duff
  • (IG Live): Coming together to script the Future 

DAY 3: We Come to Work (Mon, Dec 7)

  • 11:30-11:45am: Global Black Meditation — Justin Michael Williams
  • 12:00-1:00pm: Community Connection
  • 1:00-2:15pm: New Nigeria, New World — What can we learn from #EndSARS to prompt liberation globally?

DAY 4: Treasury of Black Art (Tues, Dec 8)

  • 11:30-11:45am: Global Black Meditation
  • 12:00-2:00pm: Treasury of Black Art Roundtable
    • Dom Chambers, visual artist, recently inducted into Forbes 30 Under 30 this year, Dom Chambers Studio
    • Faustin Adeniran, Nigerian contemporary artist, works with used materials to reflect society
    • Freda Isingoma, Art Investment Specialist, Founder & CEO, KIISA
    • Roberta Annan, Founder & Managing Partner, Annan Capital Partners
    • Wunmi Olaiya, Afro-soul artist, Creative Director of Wow Wow
    • Aina Fadina (moderator), Executive Producer & Host, I of Africa
  • 2:15-3:15pm: Discussion on Responsibility & Privilege (with special Black Yalies breakout)

DAY 5: Divine Feminine (Weds, Dec 9th)

  • 11:30-11:45am: Global Black Meditation — Dora Kamau
  • 12:00-1:30pm: Roundtable on Power in the Age of the Black Woman
  • 1:30-3:00pm: Healing into Authenticity Workshop — Leyanne Oliveira
  • 3:00-3:15pm: Break
  • 3:15-4:45pm: Queen of Keys Coronation — Lolade

DAY 6: For the Artists: Making (R)evolution Irresistible (Thurs, Dec 10th)

DAY 7: Movement is Medicine (Fri, Dec 11th)

  • 11:30-11:45am: Global Black Meditation 
  • 12:00-12:45pm: West African Dance Class with Tamara Jones, CumbeDance

DAY 8: 100 Year Plan (Sat, Dec 12th)

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